Phil,
Many people have simply left /bin/mail alone and have reported that it works fine.
As far as I know, you can safely ignore step #3 in REMOVE.binmail.
Good luck!
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> In REMOVE.binmail:
>
> 3. If the binmail binary was /bin/mail, make sure that ``mail'' still
> invokes a usable mailer. Under SVR4 you may want to link mail to
> mailx.
>
> What is the purpose of this?
>
> I do know I have some scripts that invoke "mail" and there is no mailx
> to use as an alternative. If the purpose is to inject mail, is there
> something qithin qmail that can be used for such purposes?
>
> The "mail" program has also be useful for cases of slightly corrupt
> mailboxes which causes elm to croak. If I leave /bin/mail executeable
> somewhere hidden, would it still work OK for users not switched to
> maildir (as long as I don't try to send mail with it)?
>
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